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Say hello to a platform dedicated to industrious, yet overtasked teachers like you. Say goodbye to countless hours spent developing relevant and engaging ELA lessons. Whether you are teaching the fundamentals of grammar, creative writing skills, classic literature, or contemporary fiction, you will find thousands of activities and assessments to help you achieve a healthier work-life balance without sacrificing academic rigor.
Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 29, 30, and 31 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. A crossword puzzle, word search activity, vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats.
Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: bide, blandly, bleakly, competent, connive, elude, evident, farthest, perforated, reprimand, stolidly, timid, trudge, turmoil, and woes.
By engaging with these activities, students will:
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Evaluate general reading comprehension and promote homework accountability with this set of two plot-based quizzes covering chapters 24, 25, and 26 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The assessments may double as guided reading worksheets or review handouts. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following plot elements:
The missionary circle
Mrs. Merriweather’s critical comments
Mrs. Merriweather’s hypocrisy
Tom’s death
The bitter editorial
Bob Ewell’s antagonistic behaviors
Miss Gates’s hypocrisy
Jem’s reaction to the trial’s outcome
Evaluate reading comprehension, support vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills with these activities and assessments covering chapters 27 and 28 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Two plot-based quizzes, two close reading inference worksheets, three vocabulary activities, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these resources, students will do the following:
Read for literal comprehension
Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed
Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
Discern the tone of given excerpts
Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including foreshadowing and hyperbole
Conduct brief research on the Great Depression’s influence on common Halloween practices, especially in the South
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant textual evidence
Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class better prepared to discuss works of fiction
With this summative test covering the entirety of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, English teachers will evaluate students’ reading comprehension, essay writing skills, and ability to analyze key aspects of plot. Included are the following: an answer key, standards-based writing rubric, and test prep study guide. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By completing this assessment, students will demonstrate an ability to:
Correctly identify characters based on a given description or detail
Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, internal conflict, dynamic character, hyperbole, and more
Identify the speakers and articulate the greater significance of given quotations
Write a brief essay in which students defend a claim with relevant textual evidence and adhere to the standard conventions of written English
With this plot-based summative test covering the entirety of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, English teachers will evaluate students’ reading comprehension, knowledge of literary devices, and essay writing skills. Included are the following: an answer key, standards-based writing rubric, and test prep study guide. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By completing this assessment, students will:
Correctly identify characters based on given details and descriptions
Demonstrate knowledge of significant events
Apply knowledge of literary devices including alliteration, allusion, dramatic irony, euphemism, foreshadowing, hyperbole, imagery, metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, sibilance, simile, situational irony, theme, and verbal irony
Write a brief essay addressing how the protagonist demonstrates she is unwilling to surrender her power as a young woman, supporting claims with relevant textual evidence and adhering to the standard conventions of written English
